Written by Márcia Fráguas, the publication reconstructs the story and analyzes the albums recorded by the legendary Bahian artist
In December 1968, composers Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil were arrested by the military regime, in the wake of the return of authoritarianism and arbitrariness supported by the military regime. Institutional law n. 5from December 13, 1968. After 54 days in prison and another four months of home confinement Savior (BA) musicians were exiled from Brazil in July 1969, returning to the country in early 1972.
The road is long – Exile in Caetano Velosowriter’s book Marcia Fraguasreflects on the way in which persecutions perpetrated by the military fractured, in general, the field of arts and culture in Brazil in the late 1960s and, in particular, the Tropicalismwith the exile of its two main architects.
Analysis of the songs that make up the singer-songwriter’s phonographic work Caetano Veloso produced in the period between prison and exile (1969) and the return to Brazil (1972) – the albums Caetano Veloso (1969), Caetano Veloso (1971) e Fuck you (1972), the latter two in London – tries to highlight and interpret the construction of a poetics of exile.
Published by Garota FM Books, the book will be released in Rio de Janeiro on December 13: on this day, 56 years ago, AI-5 – In Alento bookshopIn Flemishand inside Saint Paul for the 19th, at the record store Casa da Mia/Made in QuebradaIn Nova Barão Gallery. In Rio there will be a chat between the author and Leonardo Davinoresearcher and professor at Letras da Uerj, e Enzo Banzopostdoctoral fellow at UErj and member of the band Butterfly nuts.
Caetano Veloso: book launch in Salvador and Sao Paulo
Already inside Saint Paul, the cocktail party will be accompanied by music Caetano Veloso. Before that, the author will do a pre-launch Savior (BA) the day December 1st In The Glauber bookshoptaking advantage of his time in the city to catch the tour show Caetano and Bethânia. In the space located within the complex Cinema Glauber RochaMárcia Fráguas will talk about the book Antonio Marcos Pereira (literary critic and professor at UFBA) e Sara Mirella (lawyer, photographer and master’s student in Literature and Culture at UFBA).
With preface by the researcher and professor of the Uerj Leonardo Davino de Oliveira and text of the doctor in Sociology of Unicamp Sheyla Diniz, The road is long: exile In Caetano Veloso is an adaptation of the thesis presented in 2021 by historian Márcia Fráguas al Postgraduate program in Brazilian Literature from the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo as a partial requirement to obtain the title of Master in Brazilian Literature.
Book The road is long – Exile in Caetano Veloso
Author: Márcia Fráguas / Preface: Leonardo Davino
224 pages
Cover price: R$79
Launch in Salvador (BA)
With chat with Antonio Marcos Pereira and Sarah Mirella
01/12/2024 (Sunday), 6.00 pm
Glauber bookshop (Praça Castro Alves s/n°, Salvador)
Launch in Rio
With chat with Leonado Davino and Enzo Banzo
12/13/2024 (Friday), 7:00 pm
Livraria Alento (Rua Senador Vergueiro, n° 80, Flamengo)
Launch in Sao Paulo
With cocktails and music from vinyl records
12/19/2024 (Thursday), at 5:00 pm
Casa da Mia / Made in Quebrada (Rua 7 de Abril, n° 154 Galeria Nova Barão, República)
Source: Terra
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